Simon Schmied | Concours de Genève

Simon Schmied

Conducting Candidate 2025

Biography

Place of Birth
Biel/Bienne (CH)

Place of Residence
Madrid (ES)

Studies

  • Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía (ES), Profs. Nicolás Pasquet, Jordi Francés, Miguel Ángel García Cañamero
  • Hochschule Luzern – Musik (CH), Prof. Clemens Heil
  • Hochschule für Musik Basel (CH), Profs. Adelina Oprean, Rainer Schmidt

Highlights

  • Gstaad Festival Orchestra (CH), Assistant Conductor to Sir Mark Elder, 2024
  • Gstaad Festival Orchestra, (CH), Gstaad Conducting Academy, Masterclass with Johannes Schlaefli and Jaap van Zweden, 2024
  • Kammerorchester Basel (CH), Masterclass with Johannes Schlaefli, 2023
  • Festival Strings Lucerne (CH), Conducting Master Recital (Student Project), 2022 

COMPETITION PROGRAMME
 

First Round - Haute École de Musique de Genève Orchestra

  • L.v. Beethoven: Symphony No. 2
  • F. Schubert: Symphony No. 5

Second Round - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

  • I. Stravinsky: Danses concertantes
  • P.I. Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings
  • R. Wagner: Siegfried Idyll

Semi-Final 1 - Orchestre de Chambre de Genève

  • G. Bizet: Symphony in C
  • L. Farrenc: Symphony No. 3
  • F. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 « Scottish »

Semi-Final 2 - Ensemble Contrechamps

  • Ligeti: Kammerkonzert 
  • U. Chin: Gougalon

Semi-Final 3 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

  • C. Debussy: La Mer
  • R. Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (1st movement)
  • R. Schumann: Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 (1st movement)

Final Round 1 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

  • 3 finalist works from the Composition Competition

Final Round 2 - Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

  • R. Strauss: Don Juan 
  • C. Debussy: Ibéria